Ryukyu mouse

Ryukyu mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Mus
Species:	M. caroli
Binomial name
Mus caroli Bonhote, 1902 [2]

The Ryukyu mouse (Mus caroli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

References

1. Aplin, K.; Lunde, D. (2008). "Mus caroli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T13956A4370877. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13956A4370877.en .
2. Bonhote, J.L. (1902). "On some mammals obtained by the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, from Okinawa, Liu-Kiu Islands". Novitates Zoologicae. 9: 627 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1391. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.